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Mert Alas, born in Turkey, and Marcus Piggott, born in Wales, met in 1994, at a party on a pier in Hastings, England. Piggott asked Alas for a light, the pair got talking, and rapidly discovered they had plenty in common, not least a love of fashion. Three years later, the duo now known as Mert and Marcus had moved into a derelict loft in East London, converted it into a studio, and had their first collaborative photographic work published in Dazed & Confused.

These days, Mert and Marcus shape the global image of such renowned brands as Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Miu Miu, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, and Lancôme, and public figures including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bündchen, Björk, Angelina Jolie, and Rihanna. Their photographs encompass a wide range of styles and influences but are renowned particularly for their use of digitized augmentation of images, and a fascination for strong, sexually charged, confident female subjects: “powerful women, women with a meaning, a you-don’t-have-to-talk-or-move-too-much-to-tell-who-you-are kind of woman.”

Bringing our best-selling Collector’s Edition to an affordable, compact format, this collection explores the unique vision of a creative partnership that has defined and redefined standards for glamour, fashion, and luxury. Approximately 300 images from the megawatt Mert and Marcus portfolio are accompanied by an introduction by Charlotte Cotton.

“Vamos fazer uma foto para o convite da festa?”

Assim começa a ideia de “José e João”, o livro que parte do inusitado encontro entre os DJ’s Zé Pedro e Johnny Luxo. Junto com o RP e Diretor criativo Eduardo Dugois, eles começaram um itinerário de imagens para os flyers da festa que fazem em São Paulo, intitulada “Avec Elegante”. A repercussão dessas fotos nas redes sociais incitou o diretor do São Paulo Fashion Week, Paulo Borges, a convidá-los para uma exposição a acontecer na próxima semana de moda. A partir daí, foi inevitável pensar também em um livro que consolidasse todo o projeto.

All aspects of the paparazzi’s craft are examined in this volume that unveils the complex love–hate relationship between photographer and celebrity, and the role of the oft-disparaged profession in contemporary art today. In 1960, Fellini invented the now infamous paparazzi character in La Dolce Vita. The profession has since alternated between parasite and indispensible marketing tool in the lucrative business of celebrity branding that has become a mainstay of popular culture. The most scandalous and memorable photographs of the stars that feed the media machine—from Jackie O to Britney Spears—are included, along with an assessment of the glamour and perils of life in the spotlight. Four leading paparazzi explain the risks of their profession, the factors that impact market value of celebrity snaps, and the tricks employed by both sides—from terrifying car chases to staged publicity stunts that maximize a star’s visibility. The place of the paparazzi in contemporary art is also covered, either in iconic images themselves, or as inspiration for artists such as Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, Terry Richardson, Gerhard Richter, Sophie Calle, Andy Warhol, and Weegee

Desde a primeira aparição, há 10 anos, Ryan McGinley introduziu uma linguagem totalmente nova de fotografia: imagens que se baseiam exclusivamente em nosso momento contemporâneo e, ao mesmo tempo, evocam uma intemporalidade idílica. Neste novo volume, Ryan McGinley: Way Far, o artista apresenta uma coleção de seus trabalhos mais recentes.

McGinley foi o primeiro de sua geração de artistas a explorar a figura nua dentro da paisagem americana. Com um novo olhar, ele embarcou em uma série de imagens que foram filmadas durante meses de longas viagens de verão pelo país. Transpassado pelas vistas abertas e pelo deserto pitoresco que encontrou ao longo do caminho, McGinley e seus modelos - não diferentes de exploradores de outro século - decidiram redescobrir esses espaços despovoados. Seja caminhando em montanhas cobertas de turfa, nadando em lagos cristalinos ou rolando em vastos campos de grama alta, as imagens de corpos de artistas em cenas pastorais têm sido sua assinatura, e seu triunfo tem sido sua capacidade de evocar o estado quase sonhador. que vem com esse tipo de liberdade.

Como um dos fotógrafos mais aclamados pela crítica e que atualmente considera a voz de uma geração, nenhum outro trabalho de artista contemporâneo permeou a cultura pop desta forma.

A tribute to the eternally modern charm of stars and personalities who radiate sophisticated, timeless style. Through glamorous images of celebrities—both contemporary and past—this exquisite volume celebrates the legendary style of actors, models, musicians, socialites, and more. 

A curation of the most emblematic figures of the last century, this tome features a who’s who list of style icons from the red carpet, Hollywood films, and magazine covers: from Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, Lauren Hutton, and Audrey Hepburn to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. Also spotlighted are beloved icons of our time, including Gisele Bündchen, Blake Lively, George Clooney, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Beautiful photographs underscore each personality’s unique charm and elegance, while informative texts describe the time period and style. The result is a book that’s as enchanting as the legendary figures represented within its pages.

In 2013, decades after the legendary prima donna left the scene forever, filmmaker Tom Volf fell in love with Maria Callas. Since then, he has traveled the globe to uncover lost archives on Callas’s life and work, meeting and interviewing many of the renowned soprano’s closest friends and colleagues, who opened their collections to him, unveiling a trove of previously unknown photos, many of which originally came from Maria’s own albums.

Composed with the support of many of Maria’s loved ones, including Nadia Stancioff, her longtime best friend, and Georges Prêtre, her favorite conductor, who for the first time in forty years agreed to collaborate on a book about her, Maria by Callas is the definitive, unique product of countless hours of research, offering a new perspective—a personal album as Maria herself would have presented, invoking the diva’s own voice. This material is now at the center of the project Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words, including a film, an exhibition, and a collection of original live recordings.

Italy is a country synonymous with style and beauty in all aspects of life: the rich history of Rome, Renaissance art of Florence, graceful canals of Venice, high fashion of Milan, signature pasta alla bolognese of Bologna, colorful architecture of Portofino and winking blue waters of Capri and the Amalfi Coast, among many others. Italians themselves live effortlessly amid all this splendor, knowing instinctively just the type of outfit to throw on, design element to balance, or delectable ingredient to add.

Daria Reina and Andrea Ferolla, sensitive and often nostalgic lovers of their home country, take readers on a tour of an Italian’s Italy, off the main roads traversed by tourists and onto hidden side streets or off the grid altogether, to corners lesser known but filled to bursting with the quintessential details that define timeless Italian style. See the Sassi cave dwellings etched into the mountainside of Matera; admire the red-orange walls characteristic of the Emilia-Romagna region; and examine the carved birds at Sorrento’s Grand Hotel Ambasciatori, so lifelike they might fly off the page. Reina and Ferolla invite readers to discover the special moments and places that reveal an intimate portrait of one of the world’s most treasured destinations, and Ferolla’s classical illustrations add another level of personality to the journey.

Uma coleção atraente de imagens que fornece uma interpretação clara da realidade contemporânea da Índia e da América do Sul. A quarta publicação da série Skira Contemporary Photography apresenta as obras de 22 artistas da Índia e da América do Sul. Mais de cem obras são reproduzidas neste livro (incluindo vídeos, fotografias, animações e instalações) que investiga a variedade cultural, natural, histórica e artística que distingue as duas áreas, destacando seus pontos fortes e diferentes questões críticas e examinando os paralelos. entre esses assuntos aparentemente díspares.

A influência de Robert Mapplethorpe como artista tem crescido constantemente desde sua morte prematura em 1989. Recentemente, durante um período de sete anos, sete artistas contemporâneos extraordinários - David Hockney, Vik Muniz, Catherine Opie, Sterling Ruby, Cindy Sherman, Hedi Slimane e Robert Wilson - cada um, por sua vez, revisou todo o trabalho de Mapplethorpe para selecionar aqueles que ressoavam pessoalmente. O resultado foi a série inovadora de exposições documentadas neste livro, que também apresenta entrevistas intensivas conduzidas por Richard Flood, observou o curador do Novo Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Nova York). Esta apresentação bonita e atraente oferece novas idéias ousadas sobre o gênio de Mapplethorpe e seu impacto duradouro na arte contemporânea.